#handrearing

[skulls-monster]

My new adopted child for the next few weeks. She's so beautiful!

[xbling0blingx]

#triton #tritoncockatoo #white #yellow #baby #babychick #handrearing

[bum-nifty-i-look]

Sooty the Cat

(1? Nov? 2008 - 22 Feb 2018)

Beginnings

I found him in a tuft of long grass near a small tunnel drain at TAFE, with his mother, a tabby, and 1 black, 2 tabby siblings. He was the smaller of the bunch, black with short hair. 

Between classes (was studying Design Fundamentals) I'd keep an eye on them for a week or so, keeping my distance, noticing the mother would leave into the drain for a while before returning. Then one day, on my morning break, I noticed the kittens had moved, to the entrance of the small drain, but without their mother. I saw a large rock blocking the drain entrance.

Anxious that the mother wouldn't return, I kept a closer eye on the kittens. The recent rain had made the dirt muddy and cold there, adding further concern.

In my second break, I returned to find only two kittens remained near the blocked drain, but still no mother. Convinced the mother must be relocating, I figured I needn't intervene.

At home time(class finished early), I made a last check, to find only the one kitten, the small black one, was left in the mud, meowing. So, I sat nearby, but not too close, while i waited for my pickup later,and waited for the mother's return.

Vet weighed him, and deduced him to be around 3 weeks old. Asked if we wanted to surrender him, I decided I wanted to keep him. I named him Sooty.

20 minutes...

40 minutes...

Over an hour had past, with no sign of her. The kitten isn't meowing as much anymore. So I picked it up, and walked out of the campus. He felt cold and damp and a bit muddy, and fleas were crawling on his pot-belly. I held him close to warm him up a bit.

When my ride arrived I put him in an old hungry jacks paper bag from in the car, and we took him to the vet. The vet weighed him, and deduced him to be around 3 weeks old. Asked if we wanted to surrender him to the RSPCA, I decided to keep him. I named him Sooty. 

So, they gave him some flea treatment, de-worming, and gave us a box of cat milk replacement powder and bottle. Given his young age, they instructed us to feed him every 3-4 hours, and wipe his butt and doodle with a damp tissue, to replicate the mother licking him so he would do his business.

[fallenangelsbirdsanctuary]

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This precious baby was kicked out the nest. He is extremely weak and dehydrated. The video shows his malformed wing and head. He's on electrolytes and under the lamps until -if- we can get him strong enough to hold down food. In this case we would use #Kaytee #handrearing formula, very weak solution. #FallenAngelsBirdSanctuary #birdsanctuary #birdrescue #birds #wildbirds #SouthAfrica #Pietermaritzburg #disabledbirds

[sarahstarsky]

#galah #galahs #petbird #petgalah #pinkandgreygalah #pinkandgrey #birdsofinstagram #birdspam #birdsofaustralia #birdlady #crazybirdlady #butterboi #butterbae #mybird #cockatoofamily #cockatoo #talkinggalah #talkingparrot #parrot #handrearedbirds #handrearing #handreared

[ferretmerch]

Hand feeding a 12 day old kit at South Cheshire Ferret Rescue. 

http://www.southcheshireferretrescue.co.uk/

[sarahstarsky]

#birdlover #galah #babygalah #handsomeboy #pinkandgrey #pinkandgreygalah #handrearing #handreared #cockatoogalah #cockatoo #cockatoofamily ##birdsofinstagram #birdsofaustralia #australianbirds #petbird #petsofinstagram #love #specialbond #crazybirdlady #birdlady #featherbaby #28weeksoldtoday #28weeksold #twentyeightweeksold

[sarahstarsky]

#myboy #pinkandgrey #pinkandgreygalah #galahs #galahlove #handrearing #handrear #handreared #cockatoogalah #cockatoofamily #birdlover #birdsofinstagram #birdsofaustralia #sleeping #sleepingbird #pretendingtosleep